What is a right?
- some items/things have an ascriptive status attached to
them (vs. having some kind of descriptive property); that status is
bestowed upon them;
- being a right means having the (ascriptive) status of an
entitlement, i.e., being somethin

197Lect14:
Euthanasia: Ethics and Public
Policy
Meaning
eu:
euphoria)
thanatos:
good
(euphemism,
death
Euthanasia as the permitting or bringing
about of hopefully painless or minimally
painful death for reasons assumed to be
merciful.
Euthanasia (E) Matri